Design Cut & Color

Design Cut & Color is AWESOME!!! My mom has been going to Mernie for years — -and now I am too! Mernie takes her time and does a beautiful job! The shop is clean, friendly, and its so easy to park! LOVE LOVE LOVE Design Cut & Color!

I usually get my haircuts while still in school, but since I was forming man bangs I decided to get a haircut from here. My little brother came to this spot a few times and had a pretty good review. However, I did not have the same experience.
I walked in to no one at the front desk, and waited for five minutes till the lady in the back popped up. She told me to sit down and wait a minute, which I did. After she was done washing her hair she told me to sit down, asked me what I wanted, and started. She was not only rough, but likes to thin the shish out of your hair. No one has thinned out my hair since I was in grade school. I could already see it wasn’t what I asked, so I asked her a little shorter and got nothing but a grunt. Then, her friends or regulars walk in and she gets talkative with them.
Long story short, at the end I gave up asking for changes since she kept giving me a roll of the eyes, and just accepted I will need to get a cleaned up hair cut when I go back to school in Santa Barbara.
I would avoid going here not only because she was rough and unresponsive while giving a haircut, but also due to the way she takes «requests».

I go to this salon because of Mernie!
I’ve been going to Mernie for over a year now (from her previous location to Design Cut & Color). She is truly an expert at what she does. Mernie stays up-​to-​date the latest hair trends, she truly takes the time to do your hair (she will try her best to be quicker if you’re crunched on time while maintaing the same quality of service), and you will absolutely love your hair!
Most of the time, I go for my regular trim. She did a Brazilian blow-​out before, which looked fabulous. Recently, I got highlights and it turned out so beautiful! Everyone complimented my new hair. :)
Also, she does NOT force you to buy a ton of salon products when you visit her. She makes recommendations and shows what products she used, but she does not try to sell something to you each time you visit her. This is SO important to me because all stylists I’ve been to before would attempt to sell overpriced products the entire time.
Anyways, all the ladies here seem really great, too. The overall salon has a positive vibe, so each visit has been great!
One tip: this location lacks on parking in the lot since Autozone is in the same area. My recommendation would be to park across the street.

Long overdue review… followed my hairdresser Mernie of 14 years from her old spot to Design Cut & Color. Mernie has been doing my hair for over 14 years and she always does an amazing job from cuts to color to a Brazilian blow-​out. I’m always excited for my next appointment to see what she’ll try next! I love the new spot and the other ladies that work here are very nice as well… it’s like hangout out with good friends.

I have never in my life been criticized for a (presumed) home botched dye job by a unanimous group of both strangers and such. They said I should seek a professional because the first color looked burnt orange. So i returned to salon in repairing color error a second time. color came out an m&m yellow! I received so much sympathy and pity with this tragedy at work until they realized. I wasn’t the one who did this to my hair.

My colleague and I came here for lunch to get our hair dyed to blonde. Dolly and Betty did a fantastic job along with great attention to detail. Best of all, they were able to accommodate us with such short notice. Service was very smooth and friendly. I highly recommend this pro hair shop!

I was disappointed. I thought they would do well with kids, and at first they tried playing with my 2 yr old. He was not cooperating, so my wife put him on her lap and I even held him down so they could do a complete cut. Sure, it wasn’t easy, but they were messy, blowing hair into my wife’s face and giving up early. Then they charge $ 15.50 when their chart says kids 1 – 5 are $ 11. The woman who charged me said this was due to hard it was to cut my son’s hair (though my wife and I did most of the job holding him down).
I’ll stick to my neighborhood salon next time, since we had to fix it once we got home anyway.

I actually enjoyed my experience here, but I have mixed feelings overall.
The good:
I had Dolly, the owner of Design Cut & Color. She’s extremely friendly and was talkative and really showed an interest in getting to know me for the short time I was there. Also, I got a nice trim and low layering for $ 18 (not including tip).
The bad:
Personally, I like having clean/​sharp hair cuts, even with layering, and I told Dolly I wanted a small amount of layering, but I came out and it looked like someone had taken a knife to my hair at the ends, kind of like little chunks of hair all cut differently. It just looked a little too choppy for my taste.

Look for Ms. Elizabeth. Great and funny lady. Very professional!

Lisa and her sister, Dolly, are great. I used to get my hair cut done at Super Cut a few miles away and closer to home. Even though they are farther than Super Cut by a few miles, I still take my kids and myself to this establishment for hair cut. Price is great and they are great with kids.
Way to go Lisa and Dolly!!!

This is a family owned and run business. The owner Dolly has been cutting my hair for a few years now at her various salons and has recently opened up her own: Design Cut & Color.
The shop is new and very pleasant, compared to some others, with a small parking lot. And they’ve always treated me very well here, whether I drop in or set-​up an appointment.
Everyone there has really sociable and welcoming. I always go back to and her sisters for an excellent haircut at a reasonable rate.